Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)
Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 1/16 in. (18.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.993
Not on View
DescriptionThis glass bottle has a pointed base and two handles. The glass is pale green and has weathered over time. The neck is tubular, leading up to a funnel-shaped mouth. Two handles curve from the shoulder to the lower neck and mouth, forming loops.
Thread decoration winds around the mouth and neck, and the body is shaped with eight deep folds. The base ends in a coiled knob of glass.
4th century CE
3rd century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
3rd-5th century CE ?
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
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